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Ossining, New York | |
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| Nickname: The Volunteer-Spirited Town | |
_highlighted.svg) Location of Ossining (town), New York | |
| Coordinates:41°9′45.47″N73°51′41.75″W / 41.1626306°N 73.8615972°W /41.1626306; -73.8615972 | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New York |
| County | Westchester |
| Government | |
| • Type | Manager-Council |
| • Town Supervisor | Elizabeth Feldman (D) |
| Area | |
• Total | 15.74 sq mi (40.76 km2) |
| • Land | 11.58 sq mi (29.99 km2) |
| • Water | 4.16 sq mi (10.77 km2) |
| Population | |
• Total | 40,061 |
| • Density | 3,459.49/sq mi (1,335.72/km2) |
| • Demonym | Ossinaut |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| ZIP Code | 10562 |
| Area code | 914 |
| FIPS code | 36-55530 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0959520 |
| Website | Official website |
Ossining (/ˈɒsɪnɪŋ/OSS-in-ing) is atown located along theHudson River inWestchester County,New York. The population was 40,061 at the time of the 2020 census.[2] It contains twovillages, theVillage of Ossining and part ofBriarcliff Manor, the rest of which is located in the Town ofMount Pleasant. Ossining is the location ofSing Sing maximum-security prison.
According to theUnited States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 15.7 square miles (41 km2), of which 11.6 square miles (30 km2) is land and 4.2 square miles (11 km2) (26.43%) is water.
Ossining is bounded on the west by the Hudson River and on the north by theCroton River.
In 1685,Frederick Philipse bought the area which presently constitutes the Town of Ossining from theSint Sinck, a Munsee-speaking Lenape people. HisManor extended from Spuyten Duyvil Creek on the border between present-dayManhattan and theBronx to the Croton River. The last Lord of the Manor,Frederick Philipse III, was aLoyalist in theAmerican Revolutionary War who fled to England. The State ofNew York confiscated the manor in 1779.
In 1813, the village of Sing Sing was incorporated. Sing Sing Prison, now known asSing Sing Correctional Facility, which is a maximum-security prison, opened in 1826.[3] The prison was opened to replace the Newgate Prison, located in New York City.[3] In 1845, the New York State Legislature created a new town out of the northern part of what had been the Town ofMount Pleasant. A local Indian authority suggested the town be named Ossinsing, a different form of the name Sing Sing. One year later the last "s" was removed for ease in pronunciation. In 1901, to prevent confusion of goods made in the village withSing Sing prison-made items, local officials had the village name changed to Ossining as well.
In 1902 an area southeast of the village of Ossining, then known as Whitson's Corners, was incorporated as the village ofBriarcliff Manor.
TheJug Tavern andScarborough Historic District are listed on theNational Register of Historic Places.[4]
| Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
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| 1850 | 4,939 | — | |
| 1860 | 6,766 | 37.0% | |
| 1870 | 7,798 | 15.3% | |
| 1880 | 8,760 | 12.3% | |
| 1890 | 10,058 | 14.8% | |
| 1900 | 10,895 | 8.3% | |
| 1910 | 12,828 | 17.7% | |
| 1920 | 12,358 | −3.7% | |
| 1930 | 17,724 | 43.4% | |
| 1940 | 18,911 | 6.7% | |
| 1950 | 20,137 | 6.5% | |
| 1960 | 26,199 | 30.1% | |
| 1970 | 32,397 | 23.7% | |
| 1980 | 30,680 | −5.3% | |
| 1990 | 34,124 | 11.2% | |
| 2000 | 36,534 | 7.1% | |
| 2010 | 37,674 | 3.1% | |
| 2020 | 40,061 | 6.3% | |
| U.S. Decennial Census[5][6] | |||
In thecensus[7] of 2000, there were 36,534 people, 12,355 households, and 8,537 families residing in the town. The population density was 3,123.0 inhabitants per square mile (1,205.8/km2). There were 12,733 housing units at an average density of 1,088.4 units per square mile (420.2 units/km2). The racial makeup of the town was 70.26%White, 14.28%Black orAfrican American, 0.35%Native American, 4.54%Asian, 0.02%Pacific Islander, 7.34% fromother races, and 3.21% from two or more races.Hispanic orLatino of any race were 19.93% of the population.
There were 12,355 households, out of which 33.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.4% weremarried couples living together, 10.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.9% were non-families. Of all households 25.5% were made up of individuals, and 9.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.64 and the average family size was 3.14.
In the town, 21.8% of the population was under the age of 18, 7.8% from 18 to 24, 34.5% from 25 to 44, 22.9% from 45 to 64, and 13.0% was 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females, there were 106.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 105.4 males.
The median income for a household in the town was $65,485, and the median income for a family was $81,943 (these figures had risen to $77,753 and $98,593 respectively as of a 2007 estimate[8]). Males had a median income of $51,286 versus $40,618 for females. Theper capita income for the town was $34,195. About 5.0% of families and 8.4% of the population were below thepoverty line, including 8.3% of those under age 18 and 9.2% of those age 65 or over.
The Town of Ossining is governed by a town supervisor and a four-member town board. It comprises two incorporated villages, Village of Ossining and Village of Briarcliff Manor, each of which has a mayor and a village board. Each village maintains its own police department and village justice court. In addition to the two incorporated villages, there is an unincorporated section of the town that is not part of either village. The unincorporated section of the town has its own highway department. Fire, EMS and water services are provided by either the Village of Ossining or the Village of Briarcliff Manor. Law enforcement services for the unincorporated section of the town are provided through an inter-municipal agreement with the Village of Ossining Police Department (the town's police department was disbanded in 2011).
Ossining Union Free School District operates public schools, includingOssining High School.
TheOssining Public Library, originally chartered in 1893 as the Sing Sing Public Library, serves the residents of the Village and Town of Ossining, and of the Ossining School District. The current library collections include 110,000 books, 25,000 non-print items, and 300 newspaper and magazine titles. As a charter member of the 38-member Westchester Library System, the Ossining Public Library offers its patrons access to the more than one million holdings of the other county libraries. A $15.8-million building program was started in 2005 to replace the 1960s-era facility with a new 48,000-square-foot (4,500 m2) building. The new Ossining Public Library opened in March 2007 and added many new or enhanced services, including over 50 public Internet terminals, a 250-seat theater, an art gallery, and the county's first radio frequency (RFID) circulation system.[9]
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Don Draper, the primaryprotagonist ofMad Men, lives with his family in Ossining.[citation needed]
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